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― ethan, Wednesday, 12 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Damn you, local corner shop which isn't a Spar any more but I can't remember what it is, for overpricing everything that doesn't have a price printed on the packaging.
I don't know about actually taking sides properly, but Tesco Value choc chip cookies are so so soooo much nicer than Sainsbury's Economy ones, which are not cookies but particularly foul biscuits with vile black flecks in.
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Target is cleaner K mart is Meaner Walmart sells more Weiner
this is why we win
by the way how does ames stay in business wit an average of 5 customers an hour
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there is an old Sears in Brooklyn. I may go there tom'w morning for a doorbuster New Balance sale.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember these Sears that were these huge castle like buildings. Like this one in Memphis or this one in Minneapolis.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 29 April 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
At Sears, Eddie Lampert's Warring Divisions Model Adds to the Troubles
Once you get to this sentence:
"Lampert runs Sears like a hedge fund portfolio, with dozens of autonomous businesses competing for his attention and money. An outspoken advocate of free-market economics and fan of the novelist Ayn Rand, he created the model because he expected the invisible hand of the market to drive better results. If the company’s leaders were told to act selfishly, he argued, they would run their divisions in a rational manner, boosting overall performance.
the rest of the story writes itself.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 13 July 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Sears brings you...Elegant Moments.
Like this.
Not *exactly* SFW.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 August 2013 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.businessinsider.com/target-shuts-down-canada-operations-2015-1
Target closing all 133 Canadian stores after being in the market for only two years.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's been a colossal shitshow. just for local economic health reasons i hope they figure their shit out (same with best buy, god)
― goole, Thursday, 15 January 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
It sucks that 17,000 people are about to be laid off.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 January 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
What happened? There can't be that much of a cultural difference.
Though to add to this:
While the move is not a surprise, it sends a stark reminder to American retailers who think that brands between the U.S. and Canada face no real consumer borders. Burger King, which recently acquired the Canadian brand Tim Hortons, could face its own obstacles trying to get American consumers to embrace the Canadian coffee shop chain.
I will be the first in line at the Little Rock Tim Hortons.
― pplains, Thursday, 15 January 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
What happened?
They opened all 130 stores (at once instead of rolling it out slowly) and had no real plan for distribution to those 130 stores. Shelves were often empty and they were almost always sold out of everything that was on sale/advertised in their flyers. We have one very close and I have really liked it (at minimum it is SO MUCH cleaner and visually appealing than the gross old Zellers it replaced), so I am bummed it's going, but it definitely had stocking problems that they could not seem to sort out.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Thursday, 15 January 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
The very few of them left around the Atlanta metro (and other southern cities I've previously lived in) are scattered way out in the most rural of 'burbs.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 January 2015 04:02 (nine years ago) link
kinda what i meant, it just came out wrong
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 January 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
There used to be a Kmart in Manhattan it was weird
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Saturday, 17 January 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
I've been to one in queens. It basically just a crappier version of the others, like it has neither the style of target not the low prices and huge selection of Walmart.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Saturday, 17 January 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
There's still one south of here in Columbus, but I don't know how it stays open. The Tupelo location bailed out years ago.
― the magnetic pope has sparked (WilliamC), Saturday, 17 January 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
i was stunned the other day to find the one in kona still living.
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 17 January 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, January 16, 2015 11:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Did the one at Astor place close
― 龜, Saturday, 17 January 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
i remember when that target at atlantic center in brooklyn first opened i went there ironically because lol target in downtown brooklyn. but then i kept going back because there was actually some stuff there that i needed at decent prices.
(i can't break my target habit. i know they're driving mom & pops out of business and their labor policies are terrible but mmmm cheap chinese yoga pants.)
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:01 (nine years ago) link
Target is the easiest place for me to stop and grab things after work because it's literally one block over (I can see it from my desk all day).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:03 (nine years ago) link
Got a Target across a 4-lane road from my apt (for however much longer)
Should probably grab a new TV there soon, my 16yo Sanyo won't last much longer.
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:39 (nine years ago) link
Xp oh I guess that Astor place one is still open after all. For some reason thought it was closed. Rarely go to that area anymore.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link
there's also one at penn station
― iatee, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
The liquidation sale started this morning ("UP TO 30% OF EVERYTHING!). I went around 10am, about 2 hours after it opened, and it was the busiest I have ever seen it by FAR. Like, probably 2 twice the number of cars in the parking lot than the week before Christmas. Every checkout was open and there was a long, long line which I've never seen before.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Haha, weird.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
you know what they say, always be closing
― goole, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Kmart's going downhill, but do you all have the same proliferation of dollar stores popping up everywhere? I swear, I've seen half a dozen Dollar General stores open up in my town within the last year. And that's adding to the existing Dollar General stores, Family Dollars, Dollar Trees, etc. already all over the place.
It's nice to see these things get smaller, but they're still no alternative to local biz.
― pplains, Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
From the Family Dollar wiki:
As of August 2011 there were 7,000 stores in 44 states. According to their website, in 2005 Family Dollar opened 500 new stores, 350 more in 2006, and an additional 300 in 2007. According to the Company's 2013 Corporate Profile, in 2010 Family Dollar opened 200 new stores, 300 more in 2011, 475 in 2012, and an additional 500 in 2013.
Dollar General:
On January 3, 2011, Dollar General announced plans to add 625 new stores in the 35 states where the chain already has stores plus Connecticut, Nevada and New Hampshire, and to hire 6,000 employees. The company also planned to improve or move 550 existing stores.
Dollar Tree:
In 2010, the corporation opened its 4,000th chain store and acquired 86 Canadian Dollar Giant stores which are based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The stores are operated in British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. These are the first retail locations outside of the United States operated by Dollar Tree.In 2011, Dollar Tree achieved total sales of $6.63 billion, opened 278 new stores, and completed a 400,000 square-foot expansion of its distribution center in Savannah, Georgia.In 2012, Dollar Tree opened another 345 new stores and exceeded $7 billion in sales, with an end-of-the-year market cap at $9.13 billion.In January 2015, Dollar Tree announced plans to divest 300 stores in order to appease US regulators scrutinizing its proposed takeover of Family Dollar stores.[6]
In 2011, Dollar Tree achieved total sales of $6.63 billion, opened 278 new stores, and completed a 400,000 square-foot expansion of its distribution center in Savannah, Georgia.
In 2012, Dollar Tree opened another 345 new stores and exceeded $7 billion in sales, with an end-of-the-year market cap at $9.13 billion.
In January 2015, Dollar Tree announced plans to divest 300 stores in order to appease US regulators scrutinizing its proposed takeover of Family Dollar stores.[6]
SOooooo much expansion going on. Been in one of these like once. I go into Five Below all the time, and those seem to be cropping up everywhere, but just checked and they're mostly mid-Atlantic regional.
― how's life, Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
Five Below is mostly toys, it should be noted. Last time I went into a Dollar Something it was like a low-grade CVS without the pharmacy.
― how's life, Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
I'll sometimes stop at Dollar General before moving on to the real grocery store. They do sell stuff cheap.
Though Sunny was a little perturbed when I bought some Coca-Cola 12-packs a couple of months ago that still had World Cup logos on it.
― pplains, Thursday, 5 February 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
The "dollar store" used to be those places that sold wigs and weird make-up, lots of hair products. I used to get hair doo dads and scented oils at them, but a lot of people would not set foot in them. I'd say that in the past fifteen or so years they've shed their "reputation" - the stores are very clean and you can get cleaners and paper towels and dog food. I'd wager you could cook a decent meal from dollar store food if you tried.
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Thursday, 5 February 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Oh by the way, Staples and Office Depot are merging. Maybe some day there will be one giant store for everything - one brand. Today's shopping mall will become one giant store owned by one company.
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Thursday, 5 February 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
I had thought it was Office Depot merging with Office Max, rather than Staples.
― Aimless, Thursday, 5 February 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
As the guy who handles purchasing in my dept, the last two days have been a pain in the ass. Had tax exempt status "disappear" from the merger.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are merging btw, Dollar General rebuffed
― 龜, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
I enjoyed this headline:
Family Dollar Stores Sticks With Dollar Tree, Refuses Dollar General's $9.1 Billion Offer
― pplains, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Imagine being paid with 9.1 billion items from a Dollar Tree
― 龜, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
I've seen one Five Below around here, but it's the first one I've ever seen and I had no idea what it was. Toys, huh?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Really cold toys.
― Mouth-Watering Broiled Chops! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link